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| Serial bombings rock India's Assam state, 5 killed, 20 injured |
| 2009-01-01 |
| GUWAHATI: Five people were killed and at least 20 wounded, six of them critically, when serial explosions rocked busy market places and other areas in Assam's main city of Guwahati on New Year's day on Thursday. "The nature of the explosives is not immediately known although it appears to be some improvised explosive device," the police official said. He said in two of the instances, bombs were planted on parked bicycles. "We suspect it to be the handiwork of the ULFA (United Liberation Front of Asom)," Deputy Inspector General of Assam police G.P. Singh said. The blasts took place ahead of home minister P Chidambaram's visit to the state. At least 12 people were injured when a suspected cycle bomb exploded at Bhootnath locality, which falls on the route Chidambaram was to take, shortly before his arrival here on a visit. Three persons were injured in a blast outside a Big Bazar retail chain outlet at Bhangagarh, an upmarket commercial area near Guwahati Medical College. Earlier, an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) kept in a municipal corporation dustbin went off at around 3.30 pm leaving three persons wounded. The injured admitted to the hospital were identified as Altaf Ali, Fatema Begum and Raul Ali, official sources said. The dustbin was kept near a TB hospital. The state witnessed serial blasts on October 30 killing 88 people. |
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| Posted by: Abu do you love 2009-01-01 15:26 |